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I know it’s starting to pick up steam amongst Bills bloggers but it wouldn’t surprise me if DeWayne Carter was traded between now and Cut down day.

His STs are going to be what has him on the 53 but what he showed as a WR this preseason probably solidified his spot as the # 5 WR. I think Samuel will be # 4 and if they decide to sign Davis, keep Moore etc he’ll be on the roster as WR # 6 regardless

I think the Bills should keep Wilkerson on the PS. He has constantly flashed throughout the preseason

Just another way this world is soft if it is true. His name is Beane. It makes sense that that would be a nickname for him. He's clearly not hispanic based on his skin tone and southern twang voice. My last name is of hispanic descent as well if its too hard to figure out and I have zero problem with it.

I wouldn’t do it either since Thielen is a safety valve safe option for Young but Minnesota probably sees a team that has a young WR corps that the Panthers want to develop and would open up another spot for a youngster while adding another draft pick

I really don’t care. Man made the money and can spend it in whatever way he desires. If it’s a yacht so be it . As for the taxpayers footing some of the Bills, he took on cost overruns of the new stadium on top of his portion he agreed to pay. NYS wastes a lot of money on a lot worse things than keeping the Bills in NY.

Well not good for the depth of the secondary that’s for sure. I’ll wait and see before jumping to conclusions but even if it’s a 4 week thing I’d almost have to expect a veteran to be brought in whether CB currently on the market or one that will be cut

Yes I agree it’s not real pretty so far but let’s give these guys some time. 2nd and 3rd years are a great indicator of future success, especially a team like the Bills where they make sure young players are prepared before throwing them to the wolves. Hopefully these guys continue to to ascend as players . Yes there are some stinkers. Obviously Clayton was a whatever pick, Hardy has already been cut once and will likely be again. I expect Ulofoshio to be cut. I still think Grable and Solomon were solid selections late. Van Pran is hurt but was and is good value still. I get it this draft comes down to Coleman, Bishop, and Carter. Two will be starters and Carter will be on the roster in my opinion or traded . I still think there is something there

Mack was on the last year of his rookie deal when he was traded to the Bears and the Bears gave him the new 6 year 140 ish million dollar contract

It’s funny because this past off season I brought up the idea of bringing Phillips back as we needed a 1tech. The Vikings added a lot of DTs and it looked like Phillips was the odd man out but the Vikings had also just signed him to an extension. I think it’s a good move for both teams

Have the Bills placed a call I would say it’s likely. Has it gone beyond that I doubt it. This just reeks of Myles Garrett who wanted to be traded so badly until he got the money he felt he deserved. I assume Dallas and Parsons will figure something out. Jones has done this with all his top players. If, for whatever reason he does get moved at least the Bills are A. In the AFC and B. Have a good trading relationship with the Cowboys based on history. The Bills would probably have to give up the Khalil Mack deal plus inflation. The Mack deal was: Bears received: Mack 2nd Rounder Conditional 5th Raiders received: 1st round pick 1st round pick 3rd round pick 6th round pick I’m thinking 2 1sts, a 2nd and a 4th for Parsons, a 3rd, and a 5th makes sense based on the similarities of the Mack deal plus inflation

Alexander is a very good fit for a zone defense especially. He was projected to be drafted and some people had him as a late 2nd/3rd round guy but then he got to the combine and he put up dreadful athletic numbers which probably had to do with his steep drop to the undrafted . Throw in the fact he blew out his knee(could have gotten flagged) and the fact he’s really only a zone CB and that’s the reason he’s available. Honestly I think I’d try him at safety with his length and athletic profile but CB e could play CB in a pinch in a zone heavy scheme

If Davis is being brought in for a visit it’s one of two things. They are doing a med check on his shoulder for the future or they are dissatisfied with their # 4 WR spot . Probably a bit of both. Now this doesn’t mean to me that Samuel is going to be cut as I think his contract dictates him being kept for another year but even McDermott said they’re worried about the drop off. Davis would be the # 4 guy, Samuel would be # 5 and they would then keep a 6th WR for STs whether that would be Shavers or Shenault. Maybe they bite the bullet though as they said enough is enough with Spector already and maybe they’re close to that with Samuel and they sign Davis then keep both Shenault/Shavers for STs

As long as he’s WR # 4 then fine. He’s a very good blocker which the Bills appreciate from their Wide Receivers. He’d be a good injury fill in for a game or two from injury. Anything beyond that I’ll pass

You remember the guy last year who Tua hit slightly behind him in Miami and it bounced in the air for us to intercept. It’s that guy

They’ll run it back with Mitch he looked solid either way the first team last week

I usually wouldn’t start a new thread about something like this but with the board on Code Red about our safety depth and the fact that they could use an upgrade over their backups at minimum (Hamlin, Lewis, Forrest etc) I think the possibility of Dugger actually would be something that makes sense. Now I don’t think that the Patriots would trade him to Buffalo unless they were the clear best offer but if the Patriots were to release him I think the Bills would strongly consider him. Word in his draft year was the Bills and McDermott especially loved him as a prospect and was ready to take him before the Patriots surprisingly took him early. Just something to keep an eye on because it could turn out to be a nothing burger

Oh I knew it was Rogers and Logue haha I’m just highlighting how bad both were despite a good play by Hancock

I get what you’re saying. Outside of the Bengals divisional game and the first AFC title game every game the Bills have lost they could have easily won. They just don’t make plays when it matters. I’ve said it about 100 times, people always want to blame something. The Bengals lost we need offense, the 13 second game our coaching cost us, two years ago it was injuries and kicking, last year it was Benford/Elam, when the truth is despite all of that the Bills had the game in their grasp and squandered the opportunity to take it

It was Cover 1. It’s very clear on film. Watch Dorian Williams. One back set and Williams attacks down hill on the RB when he releases to his side. Andreessen doesn’t have his head on a swivel pinching down on the strong side 3 WR set because in Man on a one back set he is responsible for either the QB or the RB depending which side the RB goes. Williams takes the back and Andreessen locks onto the QB. Hamlin is 25 yards deep keeping everything over the top of them while the rest of the DBs are pressed up. The only thing interesting is it looked like they decided to switch off(Banjo it) between Bishop and the other DB. There is no way that that was zone coverage

Now I’m not saying that there aren’t concerns some guys were out of position but like what I and a couple others have said, the Bills were playing 2/3s vs the Bears ones (with a few exceptions and then they were playing their 3/4s vs the Bears twos. The Bills never even gave themselves a shot at a fair fight. This was clearly a game for the Bills to establish their depth chart, to make final decisions on their last 3-5 roster spots, and who they feel is worthy of keeping around on their PS. It’s also not a true picture of a player in a game scenario either for the regular season. As an example let’s bring up Joe Andreessen. I think we’d all agree he looked realllyyyyy bad last night and he did. I think we can also agree that this was the first time that Andreessen looked completely out of his depth. Well why would that be? Did he have a really bad night? I mean that’s possible for sure. Could it also be that he didn’t have Matt Milano next to him and Ed Oliver/Greg Rousseau in front of him and a healthy secondary behind him I think that’s a more likely scenario

Yea that’s my bad it’s more about trying to highlight that the Bills were working and experimenting last night on things they may or may not want to do later. There were also about 4-5 zone blitzes by the Bills where DL were dropping into coverage I noticed. The Bills were very unserious about this game while the Bears were trying to establish the stuff they want to run during the season . It was very un pretty to watch for sure but you could see it really from play 1 on

I love these clips because it shows a lot of things. First Bishop doesn’t usually line up in the slot. First clip was cover 1, Looks like Bishop and the other DB decide to Banjo cover it and Bishop bites to hard on the outside move and gets beat hard inside. 2nd clip Bishop just gets beat by Odunze on an out route. Again we won’t see Bishop a ton in the slot playing man. The 3rd clip Latu is actually the right read. The LBs switch it off and actually Moore makes a mistake. Bills call a mesh which is a man beater but Moore keeps running into the defender versus sitting down in the vacant space and finally settles in front of the the LB The Hancock play in the run game is nice but the two DTs get washed 4 yards back right off the snap

It was man coverage, they were in cover 1 on that play

I mean I get it but there’s no gameplan , it’s clear the Bills didn’t care about this game besides getting through it healthy. Multiple good teams have been blown out. The Packers lost by 20 to the Jets and the Chiefs weren’t competitive in week 2 either. We lost by 27 to the Bears just last year and were a mistake or two away from the Super Bowl. They were doing things they will rarely do in the regular season.